On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 10:00 am Pacific Standard Time, I will be appearing on Kristin Fontana's Guiding Stars radio show. Click below for a link to her website (featuring an excellent weekly astrological starcast for each sign) and a link that will take you to the radio show as well as to an archived … Continue reading Guiding Stars Radio: Dark Moon before a Solar Eclipse Equinox
Astrology
Bound in Pisces: Psyche and Eros, Venus and Mars
In February 2015 the asteroids Psyche (#16) and Eros (#433) will be conjunct Venus and Mars. From February 6 through February 20, 2015, Psyche and Eros will be conjunct Venus and Mars in Pisces. February 17, 2015: Psyche and Eros are conjunct at 23 degrees of Pisces. Venus will be at 26° Pisces and Mars … Continue reading Bound in Pisces: Psyche and Eros, Venus and Mars
Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
Mercury retrograde is an inner alteration that comes to us three times a year, and our first of 2015 that begins on January 21, 2015 in Aquarius initiates a year of Mercury retrograde phases in each of the three Air signs of reflection, thoughts, and ideas. Being afraid of Mercury retrograde is like being afraid … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
Saturn in Sagittarius
Saturn in Sagittarius On December 23, 2014 following a Solstice New Moon, the demanding task-master Saturn entered the shifting, fiery, and focused sign of Sagittarius. This new transit of Saturn in Sagittarius has resonance with the Solstice, as Saturn will not leave Sagittarius for good until the Capricorn Solstice of 2017. Saturn holds together the … Continue reading Saturn in Sagittarius
Motion of Soul
The following quotes are taken from a lecture by Robert Hand at the 2014 NORWAC Astrology Conference. On the final night of the conference, 25 May 2014, Robert Hand presented his talk "Toward a Post-Modern Astrology." I was particularly struck by the following excerpts as the philosophy he presented deeply resonated with my own feelings … Continue reading Motion of Soul
Maat in the Heart of Mercury
The Inferior conjunction of Mercury and the Sun on October 16, 2014 is in the sign of Libra and conjunct Venus, evoking Maat through the added atmosphere of the Goddess (Venus) and the Scales (Libra) of Balance, Law, and Justice. In Egyptian mythology, the god Thoth is associated with Mercury, and Maat is the goddess … Continue reading Maat in the Heart of Mercury
Alchemical Mercury, Aquarius Moon
August 8 presents a moment of legendary proportion to center within a superior conjunction of Mercury with the Sun in Leo, as the Moon waxes toward another potent astrological moment two days later on August 10, when we will experience a loaded Full Moon in Aquarius. Since Mercury goes retrograde into an inferior conjunction and … Continue reading Alchemical Mercury, Aquarius Moon
Dionysus and Pisces
The Dionysus asteroid #3671 recently moved through Pisces in the last month, leading me to explore the connection between Dionysus and Pisces that has been previously established by numerous astrologers. Writing about a connection between Dionysus and Pisces seems to be prevalent among astrologers influenced by Carl Jung and Depth Psychology, such as Liz Greene … Continue reading Dionysus and Pisces
Venus Retrograde in Capricorn
Psyche's Desire As 2013 comes to a close with a powerful Dark Moon in Sagitarius, and 2014 begins with a potent New Moon aligned with Mercury and Pluto, we are now over a week inside the portal of our current Venus retrograde cycle in Capricorn. Venus retrograde cycles are magical portals that take us out … Continue reading Venus Retrograde in Capricorn
Ceres Sun Leo / Full Moon Aquarius
Ceres at the Crossroads The legacy of Goddesses in all Her forms will be lit by the Full Moon in Aquarius occurring on August 20, 2013 at 6:45 pm here in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America, as Ceres will be conjunct the Sun and Mercury in Leo at the time of … Continue reading Ceres Sun Leo / Full Moon Aquarius
Sirius New Moon in Cancer
New Moon in Cancer The image above is by my favorite painter, Marc Chagall, a Cancer who is enjoying his birthday today wherever he is, as I write this. It is called, "So I came forth of the Sea and sat down on the edge of an island in the moonshine," and to me it … Continue reading Sirius New Moon in Cancer
Gemini and the Ugly Duckling
Gemini New Moon: meetings of Mercury & Venus The Lunar Eclipse on May 24 occurred at the same time that Mercury and Venus were conjunct at 19 degrees of Gemini, also in range of being conjunct Jupiter. In June the cycle continues, as Venus and Mercury will be conjunct again, magically, at the time of … Continue reading Gemini and the Ugly Duckling
Persephone: Queen of Soul and Spirit
Persephone conjunct Saturn in ScorpioPersephone asteroid (#399) is conjunct Saturn in Scorpio on May 28, 2013 and has about a two degree orb of a conjunction with Saturn from May 1, 2013 through July 21, 2013.Persephone asteroid (#399) also had about a two degree orb of a conjunction with the North Node of the Moon … Continue reading Persephone: Queen of Soul and Spirit
Taurus and Incarnation
Taurus and Being Human in FormWhat do you desire? What do you value? You may have noticed others, including astrologers, asking you these questions recently as we have been experiencing an incredibly intense time period of Taurus energy these past couple of weeks, but especially now. Unrelated to astrology, in the community college class I … Continue reading Taurus and Incarnation
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